Whether considered from an American or a European perspective, the past four decades have seen family life become increasingly complex. Changing Family Dynamics

In this book, leading authorities on the family show how families, parents, and children have been affected by changing patterns of marriage and cohabitation. T

In this book new mathematical and statistical techniques that permit more sophisticated analysis are refined and applied to questions of current concern in orde

This book provides an up-to-date survey on the nature, causes, and patterns of family change. The traditional nuclear family has been replaced by a multiplicity

In many Western societies, there has been a tremendous increase in family diversity over the course of the past few decades, resulting in a considerable prevale